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Back when Jonny Shitbox signed his three year deal that made everyone and their brother question the sanity of Ken Holland, Niklas Kronwall must have been secretly smiling and opening a few more bank accounts. If the Rig was going to pull down that amount of cash, then Kronwall was all but assured to make […]
Word out of Motown this morning that the Wings have taken another step forward in securing their future between the pipes, as they have signed 19-year-old Petr Mrazek to a three year entry level contract. As Petrella pointed out on Twitter, since Mrazek is currently playing in juniors, the deal won’t kick in util next […]
UPDATE, 2:13pm Darren Dreger tweets that Brunnstrom’s one-year, two-way will make $600,000 if he sticks around all season with the Red Wings, and $105,000 in the AHL. What that means is that he will not be subject to re-entry waivers if he is sent down to Grand Rapids and recalled at any point during the […]
According to a press release (the first we’ve received from our good friend Kyle Kujawa, the new public relations manager for the Grand Rapids Griffins!), the Griffs have signed Red Wings training camp tryout hopeful Adam Estoclet and former Red Wings draft pick-turned-tryout Bryan Rufenach to standard AHL contracts. AHL-only contracts mean that they won’t […]
From the department of “interesting” news, our friends over at Puck Daddy are reporting that the Red Wings have signed former Swedish Elite League – and Dallas Stars/Toronto Maple Leafs – forward Fabian Brunnström to a try-out contract. The source of the report – Aftonbladet’s Tomas Ros – notes that Brunnström turned down contracts to […]
*UPDATED* The rumors have been confirmed by the Detroit Red Wings, who have announced that they have, in fact, signed Ty Conklin to a one-year deal. Per team policy, no other contract details were released. — About twelve hours after news of Chris Osgood’s retirement became official, rumors began swirling that the Detroit Red Wings […]
Long-time Red Wing goaltender Chris Osgood has retired from the National Hockey League after seventeen seasons, 401 wins, 50 shutouts, 74 post-season wins, 15 post-season shutouts, three All-Star games, two Jennings Trophies, one goal, and three Stanley Cup victories. He leaves the game as the tenth winningest goaltender of all time. He has accepted a […]
***UPDATE*** Looks like you can add this to the long list of things that I’ve been wrong about… a source has confirmed to Ansar Khan that Chris Osgood will, in fact, retire from playing and has accepted a position within the organization. That leads us to believe, then, that the call is being made (in […]
It started with an off-color remark. Met with a chuckle. When I was lucky enough to travel with the Red Wings this past February, I found myself eating with the boys at their team lunch on Saturday afternoon. I joined a table that had Justin Abdelkader, Jakub Kindl, and Joey MacDonald carbo-loading in preparation for […]
On Friday, the Detroit Red Wings rounded out their coaching staff, as general manager Ken Holland and head coach Mike Babcock decided who they’d like manning the bench alongside Uncle Mike. It’s been fun to speculate over the last few weeks, but on Thursday afternoon, we were warned that the Wings’ choices may be “off […]